A Tulsa teenager accused of killing a 16-year-old girl in a drive-by shooting this summer has been arrested.
Donavan Armand Wimberly, 18, was named on of Tulsa's Most Wanted Fugitives last month after his role in the shooting death of 16-year-old Deouijanae Terry.Wimberly is charged with first degree murder and assault and battery with a deadly weapon in the shooting, which also injured 18-year-old Jerome Bledsoe.
Police say the shooting was gang-related, and Bledsoe was the intended target.
Wimberly is not accused of acting alone, however. Tulsa police have already arrested 18-year-old Joshua Price, and they are still looking for two moresuspects: Lazerick Reid, 17, and Edward Knapper, 14. The four suspects were allegedly together in the van from which the shots were fired that killedTerry and injured Bledsoe.
Price and Wimberly are each held without bond in the Tulsa County Jail.
Although two of the suspects are minors, under Oklahoma law, teens aged 13 to 17 who are charged with first degree murder are tried as adults; however,in some cases, a 13- or 14-year-old may be certified as a youthful offender instead.
The charging information in the case reads as follows:
James Edward Knapper, Donavan Armand Wimberly, Lazerick Reid,and Joshua Price, on or about 7/17/2015, in Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma and within the jurisdiction of this Court, did commit the crime of Murder in the First Degree, a Felony, by unlawfully, feloniously, and willfully, while acting in concert with each other, with malice aforethought, without authority of law, effect the death of Deouijanae Terry by then and there shooting at and thereby inflicting certain mortal wounds in the body of said Deouijanae Terry from with mortal wounds the same Deouijanae Terry did languish and die on the 17th day of July, 2015, to wit: defendant's intended victim was Jerome Bledsoe but Deouijanae Terry was struck instead.
The four are also charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon for shooting and injuring Bledsoe.
Under Oklahoma law, first degree murder is punishable by death, life without parole, or life in prison. Minors are not eligible for the death penalty ifthey were under the age of 18 at the time the crime was committed; additionally, certain aggravating factors must be present in order for prosecutorsto seek the death penalty.
Assault and battery with a deadly weapon and shooting with intent to kill are both crimes punishable by a maximum of life in prison. Using a vehicle tofacilitate the discharge of a weapon is punishable by 2 years to life in prison.
